Fleming and Poe resign hospital board positions
The City Hospital board accepted the resignations of Chairman O. Jay Fleming and board member Ben F. Poe at a called meeting held at the First National Bank. Fleming, president of the bank, and Poe, president of the Home Building and Loan association, cited health reasons. Poe will leave March 15, and Fleming asked to be relieved immediately. The board discussed hiring a permanent business manager to replace W. A. Cobun, with no decision reached. RFC representative Glover attended to discuss the hospital’s financial condition and ongoing staffing issues.
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City Hospital Board
First National Bank
O. Jay Fleming
Ben IF. Poe
Fleming
Poe
Home Building and Loan Association
P. F. Gillispie
C. O. King
RFC
Bach
Hospital
City Hospital
W. A. Cobun
Glover
Washington, D. C
Train Hits Truck Injuring Two at Tunnel Hill Crossing
Two Clarksburg men in a Palace Furniture van were dragged 525 feet and dropped from a trestle when the van collided with the Baltimore and Ohio Streamliner The Cincinnatian at 1 59 pm yesterday near Tunnel Hill 100 yards from tunnel No 2 on US 50. Wilford R Beamer 25 Route 3 Clarksburg fractured right leg and arm face injuries internal injuries Morrison 21 Jane Lew skull fracture jaw fracture possible internal injuries. The train was reported to have....
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Clarksburg
Palace Furniture Company
Baltimore, and Ohio Railroad
Cincinnatian
Tunnel Hill
U. S. Que 50
Wilford R. Beamer
Morrison
Jane Lew
Helper
Wheeling Starts Month Of Gambling Trials
In Wheeling on February 17 a trio of trials for operating gambling elements was scheduled before Intermediate Court Judge Wid A. McKee. William G. Lias faces trials on the 15th and two co-defendants on March 9, with other cases set for March 22 and March 5 to April 5. Indictments were returned last October, trial delayed pending appeal amid a local campaign against gambling.
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Wheeling
Wid A. McKee
William G. Lias
Lias
Aod
Ohio
Wheeling News - Register
Commission Seeks Armed Force for Palestine Partition
The Palestine Commission urged the United Nations Security Council to provide a military force to back its plan to end the British mandate and establish separate Jewish and Arab states in Palestine by October 1. The commission, comprising five UN member states, warned failure without armed backing. It referred the armed security issue to the council for action by May 15.
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Larry Hauck Lake
The
Palestine Commission
United Tions
Holy Land
United Nations
Security Council
Palestine
Council
U.N
Trade Board Directors Meet Wednesday Night
The Taylor County Board of Trade directors reconvene Wednesday night at 8 pm in local offices. Charles N. Prickett announced the postponed February meeting will discuss growth and progress topics. Members are invited to attend as the board addresses matters of city and county development. The article notes mild spring weather with temperatures around 56 to 60 degrees and a forecast of continued mildness.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Trade Board
Charles N. Prickett
Board of Trade
Wendel Man Is Arrested Here For Driving Drunk
Robert Collins of Wendel, 35, was arrested by State Trooper W. D. Sergent on a Saturday night for drunken driving after allegedly trying to drive up railroad tracks. He owned a 1939 Chevrolet two door sedan and posted a $50 bond for a Friday hearing. If guilty, fines, license suspension, and six month car impoundment were expected.
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Robert Collins
Wendel
John W. Snider
W. D. Sergent
Sergent
Collins
Hut
New Tallest Structure In World To Be Built
Baltimore report notes Westinghouse spokesmen announce a 1530 foot radio tower near Des Moines Iowa will be the world s tallest man made structure. C J Burnside says it will house a new FM transmitter for KRNT and beam signals 12 miles. The tower would surpass the Empire State Building by 280 feet and the Eiffel Tower by 546 feet.
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Baltimore
Des Moines
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
C. J. Burnside
Industrial Electronics
Westinghouse
KRNT
Empire State Building
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Economists doubt lasting meat price relief
Economists in Washington warned that meat price dips will be short lived as farm herds shrink and consumer demand stays firm. Meanwhile Safeway Stores in New York cut prices on 105 meat items by 2 to 10 cents, and rail passenger fares rose 12.63 percent for 96 railroads. Steel and supplier prices also climbed, with grain and livestock rising at closing.
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New York
Agriculture Department
Washington
Safeway Stores, Inc
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
National Supply Company
Jones
Laughlin
Chicago
Soviet charges US Britain aided separate peace with Germany
Moscow says the United States and Britain held secret talks for a separate peace with Germany during World War II. The fourth reply to U S state department disclosures accuses Allen D Dulles and a son of Lord Beaverbrook of representing their nations in 1941 42, alleging contact with German representatives.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
United States
Britain
Germany
Soviet Union
U. S. State Department
Allen D. Dulles
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Lord Beaverbrook
Cterman
France
Eight Hands Off Midway Missing After French Harbor Sinking
NYERES France Feb 17 An Aircraft Carrier Midway crew of eight officers and seven men unaccounted for after a Liberty launch swamped off Hyeres Islands near Toulon while returning from a Riviera party. Authorities say no bodies recovered though earlier reports claimed 15 deaths. Navy reports figures may revise as roll calls are conducted aboard the Midway.
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Nyeres
France
Midway
Riviera
Toulon
London
U. S. Navy
Forrest P. Sherman
U. S
Mediterranean
Richard Conally
Atlantic
Henry A Wallace test in New York City race
Henry A Wallace faces a test in a Bronx special election as a third party candidate backed by Leo Isacson competes against Democrat Karl Propper. Wallace, once in the cabinet, faults the national party leaders while Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor O Dwyer weigh in amid party maneuvering.
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Henry A. Wallace
New York City
Associated Press
Bronx
Leo Isacson
American Labor Party
Karl Propper
Propper
Isacson
Wallace
Elias
Benjamin J. Rabin
Eleanor Roosevelt
O'Dwyer
Washington
Public Hearing Thursday Night On Hospital Rates
Graf ton City council schedules a public hearing at 8 p m Thursday on revised Ordinance 175 to raise hospital rates. Citizens may speak for or against the rate increase, following last week’s first reading and prior rejection over reduced rates for hospital staff.
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Grafton
Coin Boxes Distributed for Grafton Fire Dept Drive
Firefighters roll out coin boxes across city and county to push fundraising toward a goal between 8 000 and 10 000 dollars for a new fire truck and updated gear. Bill Beall handles publicity while Fire Chief John Proctor confirms widespread placement in business establishments.
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Grafton
Bill Beall
John Proctor
Banking groups back 14 month rent control extension
The senate banking committee unanimously supports extending rent controls 14 months with changes while the house panel votes 18 to 5 to maintain current law for one month and decide later on longer extensions. Lawmakers expect a joint HouseSenate position on one of the two proposals or a compromise.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
West Virginia Weekly Weather Forecast February 18 22
Mild midweek with temperatures about two degrees above normal. Colder Thursday night followed by milder Friday afternoon. Weekend turn colder again with light snow possible in the north Wednesday night and Thursday. Rain or snow expected over most of the state Friday night and Saturday with total precipitation around a third of an inch.
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West
Virginia
Factory Group Seeks Site in Grafton For Expansion
A delegation from a factory considering a possible Grafton location met the Taylor County Board of Trade today. Charles N. Prickett said the discussions were encouraging and no further details were released at this time.
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Grafton
Taylor County Board of Trade
Charles N. Prickett
Prickett
Senate Group Approves 4 Year Recovery Plan
The senate foreign relations committee approved 13 to 0 a four year European recovery program beginning with 5.3 billion dollars for year one. Three billion would be financed from the 1948 budget surplus with most funds spent after July 1. The move reflects political accounting amid election year debates. See SENATE GROUP page 6
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Roo
Vandenberg
R.mich
Millikin
R.-Colp
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Senate
Bodies Found On Railroad Tracks Near Coxs Landing
Huntington report says two men were killed by a train on Baltimore and Ohio tracks at Coxs Landing. Victims Isaac Herren Robi, 32, of Cox's Landing and Marvin Cooper, 28, of Northcott Court. Cooper was a former Marshall College student and veteran. Herrenkohl worked for International Nickel Co. State Police Trooper Russell Hogg said the bodies were discovered hours after the accident.
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Huntington
Baltimore and Ohio
Cox's Landing
Isaac Herren- Robi
Marvin Cooper
Northcott Court
Cooper
Marshall College
Herrenkohl
International Nickel Co
Russell Hogg
Barboursville
Taxi strike turns deadly as cab driver shot in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh Feb 17 a pistol shot killed Yellow Cab Co driver Louis E Dilembo 28 during a three day taxi strike supporting higher pay Observers say about 20 people including women were on a downtown corner and witnesses report the gunfire occurred near Smithfield St and the Boulevard of the Allies Police arrested Joshua Allen 35 on murder charges shortly after the shooting and a separate case involved a driver Hash 52 of Barboursville facing related counts in Huntington A train incident in Huntington killed Robert 38 a brakeman who had been with Chesapeake and Ohio rail line officials report an accessory charge in the case
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Pittsburgh
Yellow Cab Co
Steel City
Wag
Louis E. Dilembo
Peter Connors
Smithfield
Joshua Allen
Oaks
Huntington
Hash
Barboursville
Connors
Massie
Robert
Allen
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ae Lerger
Ice blocks clog Potomac River. floods threaten Maryland
Ice jams up to 30 feet clogged the Potomac river from Brookmont to near Georgetown and Chain Bridge as temperatures rose. The 110 foot Coast Guard cutter Mohican broke ice as far up as Georgetown but officials warned families to be ready to move. Damage estimated in the thousands, with major danger near Chain Bridge. conditions expected to ease slowly though the crisis persists.
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Potomac River
Here
Brookmont
Coast Guard
Mohican
Potomac
Georgetown
Chain Bridge
Robert L. Wadsworth
Army Engineers
Dolla Bridge
Irving I. Klein
Engineers Corps
Wadsworth
Southland
Ohio
Cumberland
Tennessee
Mississippi
Varviand
Towares
West Nee
Nationwide manhunt for killer of Chippy Weiner in New York
New York reports a nationwide manhunt for 28 year old Santo Bretagno, an armed ex convict named as the ambush killer of Benjamin Chippy Weiner, a former Murder Inc associate. District Attorney Frank Hogan warns police to use caution as Bretagno vows to never be taken alive. He was killed January 16 in a hail of gunfire according to the dispatch.
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New York
Benjamin
Chippy
Weiner
Murder, Inc
Mob
Frank 8. Hogan
Santo Bretagno
Bretagno
Sentinel invites Hefner to Green Dolphin Street screening
The Sentinel invites Hefner and a guest to tonight's presentation of Green Dolphin Street starring Lane Turner and Van Hefner at the beats venue.
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Ee Sentinel
Hefner
Mae Street
Green Dolphin Street
Lane
Turner
Van
Hef- To
Beats
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